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OrangeJoe

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14. Back when I was a kid

Wed Dec 17, 2025, 12:55 AM

Dec 2025

Back in the 60s when I was about 10 years old some country nationalized the oil in their country. I remember thinking, though clearly I was just repeating the political and media framing of the situation, why are they stealing OUR oil? I’ve grown up since then and somewhere along the way I realized that it never was OUR oil they were stealing but it was Texaco’s or Exxon’s or BPs oil which of course had been stolen before.

Amazing so many of our fellow Americans are no smarter than a 10 year old.

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Back when I was a kid OrangeJoe Dec 2025 #14

I got it from an Iraq war protest sign. Qutzupalotl Dec 2025 #16

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For the Colton, not the oil. nt in2herbs Dec 2025 #13

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